My 2010 Heritage Blaster Team... The Lake Effect Blizzard

The thought of a fantasy baseball league where I wouldn't have to do any actual work was too much to pass up. Thanks to dayf over at Cardboard Junkie I finally had a reason to go over to Meijer and pick up a blaster. Imagine my surprise when I entered the card aisle and everything was 20% off. If you factor in $8.50 worth of bottles I cashed in, the packs cost less than a buck a piece. Good times. Anyway, here's what I got:

Pack 1:
202 - Torii Hunter
238 - B.J. Upton
34 - Fausto Carmona
70 - Lastings Milledge
NAP5 - Hanley Ramirez New Age Performer
351 - Bobby Crosby
102 - Nolan Reimold
159 - Baltimore Orioles

Pack 2:
458 - Kenshin Kawakami SP
345 - Nick Swisher
137 - Bobby Cox
204 - Brandon Phillips
376 - Marco Scutaro
35 - Gordon Beckham
205 - Edwin Jackson
279 - Erick Aybar

Pack 3:
400 - Brian McCann
416 - Gerardo Parra
NF3 - Ham the Chimp News Flashback (He's going to be my DH)
240 - Elvis Andrus
421 - Dustin Pedroia
377 - Troy Tulowitzki
404 - Rogers Hornsby
334 - Wandy Rodriguez

Pack 4:
355 - Ben Zobrist
300 - Hanley Ramirez
348 - Julio Borbon
402 - George Sisler
260 - Man Ram
185 - John Danks
280 - Tobi Stoner (heh heh... stoner)
160 - Andy Pettitte

Pack 5:
239 - Derek Lowe
157 - Mark Buehrle
NNO - Albert Pujols Dice Game (pretty much pays for my blaster... woot)
98 - Checklist
335 - Carlos Gonzalez
266 - Carlos Beltran
79 - AJ Pierzynski
367 - Yuniesky Betncourt

Pack 6:
100 - Zach Duke
33 - Jason Bay
411 - Core Four (Pettitte, Posada, Jeter, Rivera)
337 - Ozzie's Aces (Buehrle, Peavy)
184 - Kendry Morales
140 - Jarrod Saltalamacchia
390 - Matt LaPorta
220 - Bruce Bochy

Pack 7:
441 - Doug Fister SP
32 - Chris Carpenter
297 - Oakland Athletics
173 - Boston Speed Party (Pedroia, Ellsbury) (wow what a terrible pun)
12 - Geovany Soto
89 - Martin Prado
139 - Tony LaRussa
58 - Ryan Dempster

Pack 8:
68 - Josh Thole
135 - Dusty Baker (LaRussa and Baker in back to back packs? What did I do to deserve this?)
BF3 - Whitey Ford
320 - Pittsburgh Pirates
94 - Zack Greinke
169 - Ted Lilly
274 - Stephen Drew
257 - Carlos Quentin

First impressions... not sure how my hitters look, but I think I have a tremendous pitching staff. I hope that Pujols dice card counts as my insert... *looks at rules page*... yay, it counts! Plus I get four bonus points! Woohoo!

Here's my team:

2 Catchers:
Geovany Soto
Brian McCann

1 First Baseman
Albert Pujols

1 Second Baseman
Brandon Phillips

1 Shortstop (holy crap, I have 8 SS to choose from)
Hanley Ramirez

1 Third Baseman (8 SS... one 3rd basemen... wow)
Gordon Beckham

3 Outfielders
Carlos Beltran
Torii Hunter
Nick Swisher

1 Corner Infielder
Kendry Morales (my only other 1Ber... thank goodness I didn't have to take 1/34 of Adam LaRoche!)

1 Middle Infielder
Dustin Pedroia

1 Outfielder
Matt LaPorta

1 Utility
Troy Tulowitzki

7 Pitchers (this might be the most fearsome pitching staff ever constructed... who needs saves, anyway?!)
Zach Greinke
Edwin Jackson
Chris Carpenter
Ryan Dempster
Mark Buehrle
Derek Lowe
Andy Pettitte

Team:
Oakland Athletics

Manager:
Tony LaRussa

Overall, I feel pretty good about my team. Pujols and Greinke will be probably get injured in a tragic farming accident and completely screw me over.